dogberry
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| Asking for members blessings on Nagaoka MP 300 purchase Agreed that the MP-500 is desirable, mine outperforms my Grado Statement 3 and my Soundsmith Sussurro MkII. It is very close to my London Decca Reference. I can't say anything better than that! | |
| Perfect Vinyl Forever @terry9 No matter chronological age, some people aren't mature enough to deal with any advice, even if well-meant but perhaps mistaken as mine might have been. A reasonable response could have been "I see why you say that about 2007, but actually... | |
| Perfect Vinyl Forever wolfie62: not all U/S are created equal, and back in 2007 you'd be looking at lower frequency and less powerful transducers. I clean with a Loricraft followed by a Degritter. I can't cure scratches(!), but it is rare for a record not to be silent ... | |
| Ben-Micro MC-3 Moving-Coil Cartridge Thank you - it is interesting to read reviews from an era when they seemed honest and fair. Perhaps I was just more innocent then and believed them. Also nice to see the recordings being used from Opus 3, Proprius and Chesky. I still think the Opu... | |
| Which MM, MI, or Hi output...Nagaoka 300/500, Clearaudio Maestro, Soundsmith Carmen I have a Soundsmith Sussurro MkII (just below the Hyperion in their range) and the MP-500 is easily better in my system. It is also clearly better than the Grado Statement 3 that I also have. I'd say it is just a bit better than the Ortofon Cadenz... | |
| Which MM, MI, or Hi output...Nagaoka 300/500, Clearaudio Maestro, Soundsmith Carmen "Moving Permalloy" - Nagaoka's term for the fact that they use an alloy instead of pure iron. Which is true for all MI cartridges, magnetic alloys being lighter than iron. | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me Grado, Soundsmith, Nagaoka and London Decca are all MI. Of those, if londondecca.com don't start making cartridges again, I'd go for the Nagaoka MP-500. I haven't had anything higher than a Grado Statement 3, or a Soundsmith Sussurro MkII, but to ... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. Zombie thread alert! | |
| Cartridge question Surely the right answer is the one you like the best, and not what weirdos on the internet say? | |
| Goodbye Everyone I've always sold camera gear via ads on photo forums, or in the case of my serial Leica infatuations, back to the dealer just for convenience. Audio stuff I have given away, probably stupidly. | |
| Cadenza Bronze on a Fatboy I'm no Porsche owner, but I can say that my Kontrapunkt C, Cadenza Bronze and Cadenza Mono don't hit any records. Sure, I flatten really warped records with a well-known heating device. The only cartridge that really has an issue with warped recor... | |
| Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records? True, all I can do is twiddle the dial as made and calibrated by SME, or the slider in the case of Rega. I use two arms from each, and setting them up this way conforms to PL’s method. Going by sound alone, I’d say that this setting or even less ... | |
| What are the audio differences you hear with turntable Mats. @bdp24 I’d just like to say how glad I am I spent the money for a Groovetracer Rega counterweight. The only way to get a Cadenza Mono to balance otherwise was to have the Rega weight half off the end of the tonearm, and a .50 calibre lead ball tap... | |
| Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records? Has anyone performed Peter Ledermann's recommended AS method (set to permit slow centripetal progress on smooth vinyl) and compared the resulting AS force to standard recommendations? My experience with doing it on two or three cartridges is that ... | |
| The best plug in filter ever! I am assuming she was testing video completely blind, right? Blind test ABX? 🤦♂️😉😂🤷♂️ Even n=1 blind tests are effectively nullified by the (clever*) statement that it takes 45 minutes or so for the effect to be apparent. 45 minutes ruins ou... |